Title

Moustache cup

Description

Porcelain moustache cup with Hebrew inscription and decorated with raised gilded acornsa. The moustache cup is a drinking cup with a semi-circular ledge inside. The ledge has a semi-circular opening to allow the passage of liquids and serves as a guard to keep moustaches dry. It is generally acknowledged to have been invented by British potter Harvey Adams (born 1835), but the invention did not occur till the 1860s.